Showing posts with label Judd Fisher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judd Fisher. Show all posts

Saturday, June 07, 2014

California Chrome: Horseshoer Judd Fisher with a Horse on the Doorstep of History

Best of luck to California horseshoer Judd Fisher as he waits to find out if the horse with his shoes on will make history today by becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Cross your fingers, rub a horseshoe, raise your glass--whatever happens, Judd has done a great job to get California Chrome to this point.  (Judd Fisher photo)
Read more about Judd Fisher and the special shoes that California Chrome wears.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

California Chrome Wins Kentucky Derby in Judd Fisher's California-Hybrid Horseshoes



There will always be an as asterisk next to the name of California Chrome in the Kentucky Derby history records. Yes, California Chrome was the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby wearing glue-on shoes. Glue on shoes that weren't glued on, that is.

And that's only part of the story.